People Are Sharing The Most Expensive Habits They Would Adopt If Money Were No Object
Most of us spend a whole lot of time thinking about money (or lack thereof). But what if you didn't have to think much about it at all? Redditor Short_Function_5062 asked, "What is a rich person thing that you would be totally into if you became rich?" Here's what people said.
1."Bringing friends and family out for dinner and sorting the bill myself. Spoiling my parents."
2."I'd hire a staff to take care of chores I hate doing like cleaning and running errands."
3."Shrugging at money and paying to have things fixed on a whim. I started dating a guy who came from a completely different background than me, and I was talking to him about how I needed to prioritize going to the dentist to fix a tooth, which I had been putting off because of money. His response was, 'Well, go do it then. It's only a couple of hundred dollars.' Yes, that is the issue; that is a lot of money. It is important to look after your teeth, and I am getting it done, but that really made us realize that we did not have the same view on money."
4."Stay at only fine hotels and resorts. My wife and I treated ourselves and stayed at a Ritz Carlton for a change on our last trip. It was so nice knowing everything would go well with our stay. There was no 'sorry your room isn't ready yet,' no finding a hair on the bed, no hearing the shower running from the room next door, no grumpy employees, etc... Just complete peace of mind, on top of just being a very nice hotel overall, of course. Wish all our hotel stays could be like that."
5."I would anonymously go onto GoFundMe postings looking for people in need of miracles like paying off surgeries & funerals, etc... and pay them completely."
6."I'd like to become a hobby pilot and have my own airplane."
7."I’d take an obscene amount of classes. Classes like elder law, beekeeping, scuba diving, rock climbing, quantum physics, pharmacology, and French cuisine. I’d know everything."
8."Buying things without looking at the price tag or checking my bank account to make sure there's enough."
9."Getting a massage every two or three weeks."
10."Making myself breakfast at a leisurely hour for the second day in a row because of a snowstorm, I thought, huh, is this what it’s like to be rich? You have no schedule; you just wake up and do what you feel like that day."
11."Pick up and travel whenever I feel like it. I am taking a few trips abroad this year and would like to travel to more places, but I simply lack the money to do it."
12."A friend of mine is in a dual-income-no-kids relationship and does what he calls 'star collection.' By which I mean is that he and his wife go to Michelin-starred restaurants (sometimes flying to different locations), and he keeps a little journal about each of the restaurants; he asks for the wine labels, typically keeps the menu, takes photos of the food, writes a little blurb about the stuff he liked/disliked, etc. I think it would be a pretty baller coffee table book someday. The funny thing is, though, his wife is super picky (she doesn't eat fish or cheese and doesn't care for sweets), so the experience is almost always wasted on her. But if I were rich...sure. I'd do that."
13."'Summering" and 'wintering.' I was watching Drive to Survive on Netflix, and the main Red Bull guy said one of the most rich-people sentences I’ve ever heard. He turned to some dude and said, 'You look like you’ve wintered well.' That was like five years ago, and I still think about that sentence often."
14."I'd spend most of my life cooking with amazing ingredients, good knives, etc... Plus, I'd take great cooking classes."
15."I know it's really bad for the environment, but the thought of taking a private jet from my home to my destination and avoiding having to deal with airport terminals and connecting flights seems like a dream."
16."I'd buy groceries without worrying about whether I went over budget."
17."A personal chef. Never having to think about what to eat for every meal ever again sounds incredible."
18."A two- storey library with a fireplace, a wrought-iron spiral staircase, and rolling ladders."
19."Professional cleaners. My boss got rich and upgraded to the 'daily cleaner who does everything including putting away kids' toys' level cleaning and man. His kids are going to be spoiled as shit, but what a joy to have your home cleaned daily."
20."Tailored clothes. I hate the way clothes are made these days. If I could afford it, I would definitely get my clothes made specifically for me."
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